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I cannot believe we don't have a complete Arrow. The design engineers were all hired by NASA and moved to Florida. The year was 1959. Thanks for making a comment

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Castle is huge. They have one of everything.

Thanks for the awesome comment. Great to learn more and hear from the people that operated it. Real history. This is why I like CZcams

It is smaller but not by more than 20%. The Corsair is taller with a much bigger propeller indicative of a heavier, more powerful aircraft.

@ontheroadwithnorm2024 I have both in a 1/72 model scale but the ki looks a bit smaller

For the most complete collection of WW1 and WW2 aircraft models in 1/72 scale I have to tell you about the Museum of Flight in Seattle. This is considered one of the top 20n aircraft museums in the world. They have private collection of 1/72 scale models like no other I have ever seen. One man made every airplane built during the wars by all combatants. Many of the models are scratch built. The collection will blow you away. Check out my walk around video and skip to 51:08 to see the WW2 models. The WW1 models are upstairs. czcams.com/video/SZK4YmZ37yQ/video.htmlsi=5pe7c5dFidJz-TsA

Thanks for the awesome comment.

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What? It was not there. Was it there earlier?

That's hilarious. This old bird sits in a dusty dry location on the east side of Death Valley. It's in front of a legion. I doubt it will ever be restored as the US military is currently selling the Blackhawks. Commercial aviation is benefiting with these big birds hitting civilian projects. I'm waiting for the first company to do heli-skiing with a Blackhawk. Skied with the Hueys many times. Nothing like them. Dependable heavy lifters. They will climb straight up a mountain slope with 13 people on board. Here's a video where we did nine lifts in one day. czcams.com/video/-JUTgJ1W700/video.htmlsi=556CP_DtJ27tu1kq

@@ontheroadwithnorm2024 What's going to replace the Blackhawk? And anything is possible that Huey can be restored

The Army and Marines are going for the tilt rotor to gain range.

+@ontheroadwithnorm2024 I'm out there, but going through some sh*t. What are we talking about here, the D-13? It's original, Werk. No. 836017. Regarding the Flugwerks, the German company contracted with Aerostar in Romania to do the construction of their kits because they still had the aviation knowledge for WW2 construction. (A few quality-control issues aside.) When Flugwerk closed, Gosshawk bought them out with the jigs and inventory. Gosshawk services the Flugwerk Fw-190s now but they are NOT the only shop that can build a Fw-190. (The ORIGINAL and flyable Fw-190 at Flying Heritage was built by an expert team in the UK, who also started on the Me-262 after that.) There are a few lists of the Flugwerk serial numbers and where they are. Slightly less than half are actually flying and some are just static museum exhibits.

When you say the D-13 is original, do you mean the skins are original too? It looks too new and perfect.

@@ontheroadwithnorm2024 Good question and I would say mostly. It was photographed in the late 1960s in an empty lot outside of Atlanta and was mostly intact. (Keeping in mind that the AAF had accidently switched wings with the Dora at the USAF Museum, and this was corrected later.) Sometime while in Atlanta, a crazy drunk took an axe to the plane and chopped off the supercharger scoop and did a bit more damage. Bit and pieces went missing, like the original prop. It was photographed in California with new owners in the early 1970s, and it was standing on its gear. This was the owner that stripped the plane to bare metal to apply zinc chromate paint but this also erased all original markings. The next owner was Doug Champlin who shipped it to Germany where friend Art Williams worked to restore it with help from Prof. Kurt Tank who was still alive. There are photos of the plane from this time in several books. So this D-13 was not a smashed wreck but remained a mostly intact airframe, making it a very rare example that should not be flown. It looks "new and perfect" because owner Doug Champlin was selling his collection and shipped the D-13 to Gosshawk to do over again and "make it right." At the time, the rumor was also to make it airworthy for the sale, but I don't know if that actually happened. New fuel tanks and electrics were made for it, so I think Champlin was serious. Paul Allen bought it while it was still being restored and there was a bit of a rush to finish it and truck it to Seattle.

Awesome - do you know how many years they had this program? Can you confirm four aircraft were converted? Were they based in New Mexico?

Probably because they are building on an original data plate. Unlike the 5 me262's built in texas that were completely new.

+@georglimiux677 Three of the Flugwerk kits are in Dora configuration but nothing flying yet. Actually there was another conversion that was close with an Allison V12 but I've heard nothing so maybe they have problems. Some Dora projects are out there but it will be a few more years, while some projects aren't moving at all. A very good shop in Germany is presently working on a Dora and they do good work but it's seems to be something they are working on in private.

Yes it is getting embarrassing how bad I sound in that video. I will go back this year and see if they have started working on it again and make a new video. I have been collecting information about this project and would like to share again.

Excellent reply thank-you. There are many stories of Europe, Russia, and the USA recycling WW2 aircraft to make aluminum required to build the larger newer aircraft of the cold war. America's B-36 and B-52 production alone required a massive quantity of raw material.

+@jaywalker3087 The post-war disarmament in Germany was very systematic. There were Allied divisions tasked specifically with scrapping weapons. The piles of aircraft and burn pits were salvaged by metal scrappers after WW2. On the other side of the Iron Curtain, Stalin refused Allied aide and was moving rapidly to rebuild a post-war Soviet military. He ordered everything scrapped for raw materials so any abandoned weaponry would have been removed quickly unless in remote areas. I do think Britain did a disservice by scrapping some VERY rare, captured aircraft that should have been preserved. The post-Vietman military landscape is very different. The government does want many advanced weapons getting into civilian hands and the de-mil laws are quite strict to destroy modern aircraft.

retired in 1986 now just for tourists

I'll try to come back next year much earlier in the day. The car show is a great combo with the parked aircraft.

Perhaps this is an early model with only a two bladed propeller. This aircraft was found on Rabaul a long way from Japan so it was probably built at the beginning of the war or before. It could be a 1939 or 1940. There is a picture of this plane in 1945 by American forces showing the two bladed propeller. I believe this restoration is perfectly accurate. The white gloves that paid for the restoration had a historical research division with deep pockets. There are about 15 extremely special aircraft in this building. Everett Washington. Worth the visit. I will try to post the picture but you can see it on the wikipedia page for the Ki-43 Oscar. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-43_Hayabusa

Sorry my mistake, the F-16 was the Fighting Falcon. The Viper was a small batch of 26 F-16's that were built for the US NAVY. They were used as adversary aircraft in their Top Gun school.

@@ontheroadwithnorm2024 Current USAF pilots refer to their F-16s a Vipers.

@@VA_Aggie thank you for that. Do you happen to know what age the current usaf f-16’s are?

Actually its 194

Thank you, it was the beginning of a great road trip.

Amazing that this airplane sits outside in the weather. It looks like it has just been painted flat black.